The Old Front Door

This was the second front door. The first one, as I recall, did not have a glass panel. The large glass panel was a weakness, and the lock and bolt were inadequate. A thief once broke into the house through this rather flimsy door. The number 36 on the frosted glass is from the original 1955 house and was replaced when the new thief-proof front door was installed

36 Hatherley Road: My Childhood Home

August 18th 2017
36 Hatherley Road: My Childhood Home August 18th 2017 Here is the ancient floor, Footworn and hollowed and thin, Here was the former door Where the dead feet walked in. She sat here in her chair, Smiling into the fire… This is from Thomas Hardy’s poem The Self-Unseeing where he revisits his ... read more

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